Turkmenistan

E15860

landlocked country sovereign state

Turkmenistan is a landlocked Central Asian country rich in natural gas resources, known for its desert landscapes, authoritarian political system, and capital city Ashgabat.

Aliases (1)

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country → sovereign state →
borderCountry	Afghanistan → Iran → Kazakhstan → Uzbekistan →
borderSea	Caspian Sea →
callingCode	+993 →
capital	Ashgabat →
climate	continental desert climate →
continent	Asia →
currency	Turkmenistan manat →
demonym	Turkmen →
drivesOn	right →
export	cotton → natural gas → petroleum products →
formerEntity	Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic →
formerScript	Cyrillic alphabet →
governmentType	authoritarian presidential republic →
hasRegion	Karakum Desert →
headOfStateTitle	President of Turkmenistan →
independenceDate	1991-10-27 →
independenceFrom	Soviet Union →
internetTLD	.tm →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	TM →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	TKM →
largestCity	Ashgabat →
legislature	National Council of Turkmenistan →
majorCity	Ashgabat → Balkanabat → Dashoguz → Mary → Turkmenabat →
majorRiver	Amu Darya →
minorityReligion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
naturalResource	natural gas → oil →
notableSite	Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kow-Ata underground lake →
officialLanguage	Turkmen →
partOf	Central Asia →
recognizedLanguage	Russian →
regionalOrganizationMembership	CIS → ECO → OSCE →
religionMajority	Sunni Islam →
timeZone	UTC+5 →
UNMemberState	true →
usesScript	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afghanistan → Kazakhstan → Uzbekistan →	borderCountry
Amu Darya → Karakum Desert → Kyzylkum Desert →	country
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Islamic Development Bank → United Nations Economic Commission for Europe →	hasMember
Asia → Central Asia →	containsCountry
Baloch people → Uzbek →	significantPopulationIn
Kazakh language → Northwestern Iranian languages →	spokenIn
Turkic languages →	areSpokenIn
Caspian Sea →	basinCountry
Caspian Sea →	borderedBy
Western Afghanistan →	bordersCountry
Turkmen language →	countryOrRegion
dissolution of the Soviet Union →	countrySucceededBy
Amu Darya →	flowsAlongBorderOf
Turkmenistan ("Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic") →	formerEntity
Iran →	hasBorderWith
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation →	hasMemberState
Member States of the United Nations →	includes
Greater Middle East →	includesCountry
Turkic world →	includesRegion
Khanate of Bukhara →	locatedInPresentDay
WHO Regional Office for Europe →	memberStatesInclude
Organization of Turkic States →	observer
Turkmen language →	officialLanguageOf
Karakum Desert →	partOf
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Khanate of Khiva →	presentIn
Turkmens →	primaryCountry
Turkmens →	recognizedAsTitularNationIn
Kazakh language →	recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Balochi →	region
Southwestern Turkic →	usedAsOfficialLanguageIn